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[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by GHDpro

Somebody else forgot to apply the brakes...


http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archive...ance_train.php

As by a miracle only two persons were lightly injured, and the diesel tanktruck the train crashed into was empty. But I imagine the store owner (of the building that was hit) wasn't to pleased.

Was the driver also a bear? I knew it. They're out to get us.

[Washu-Chan]

Oregon Tea Party Borrows 4chan's Slogan



They're SO gonna be pissed off once they see this... oops, they just did.

[FDW]

Originally Posted by Washu-Chan

Oregon Tea Party Borrows 4chan's Slogan



They're SO gonna be pissed off once they see this... oops, they just did.

They already are.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by Washu-Chan

Oregon Tea Party Borrows 4chan's Slogan



They're SO gonna be pissed off once they see this... oops, they just did.

that is like sticking your hand in a hornet nest stupidity level.

[Arbitres]

Lol.

4chan just got trolled. Great news, that.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

that is like sticking your hand in a hornet nest stupidity level.

I don't think 4chan would bother.

[ChainLegacy]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I don't think 4chan would bother.

4chan bothers with stuff that has essentially no relevance to them, so I have a hard time believing they'd miss this

[Kamui4356]

Originally Posted by ChainLegacy

4chan bothers with stuff that has essentially no relevance to them, so I have a hard time believing they'd miss this

They didn't. From what I understand they already got the tea party to stop using the slogan.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Why is Josou Shounen Becoming a Mainstream Trend?

Guess what Josou Shounen means.

Heh,, let me introduce you to Milton Berle, the movie "Some Like It Hot", the Monty Python cast, Jonathon Winters, and a long list of crossdressing Western style.

Frankly, crossdressing has nothing to do with gender or sexual orientation and more to do with fantasy, creating illusion, comedy, or theatrics.

I see there's one or two of the usual confused homophobic response in the comments of the Animenation article.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Washu-Chan

Oregon Tea Party Borrows 4chan's Slogan



They're SO gonna be pissed off once they see this... oops, they just did.

I think there's maybe a few hundred of these characters in Oregon... but I'd follow the money to see who's funding the crackpottery.

[AnimeFan188]

"RIO DE JANEIRO – A former TV crime show host and state legislator accused of commissioning killings to boost
ratings has died, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/...F6aWxtdXJkZXI-

Some people will do *anything* for ratings.

[Doraneko]

Japan never ceases to amuse me...

One of their latest dakimakura releases is Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister of Ukraine from 2007 till March 2010, as well as a popular character in a mahjong manga. The listed price is 10000 yen.

I wonder when they will release the genderbending versions of Putin and Obama...

[Marcus H.]

Wow, they actually got the details right, though you need to edit the mature daimakura's breasts with the breasts of the loli daimakura.

And by all honesty, Tymoshenko-san has some good looks too. :3

[Haruka_Kitten]

If this isn't bizzare, than what is?

Penis can only take so much electricity, surgeons warn

Originally Posted by Penis can only take so much electricity, surgeons warn

*Three penises used in research
*Electrosurgery should be used with care
*Potential to split, paralyse, disable

A GROUP of brave surgeons in Taiwan have been exploring the effects of electricity on penises.

Concerned that blokes worldwide were risking toasted todgers - and obviously not overburdened with willing subjects - the dedicated researchers conducted the experiments on themselves.

Their report, titled "Determination of Human Penile Electrical Resistance and Implication on Safety for Electrosurgery of Penis" is a slightly alarming insight into a field of surgery that at first begs the question: "What's wrong with using a scalpel?"

Surprisingly, electrosurgery is not as er, shocking as it sounds.

Pioneered by Dr William T Bovie in 1914, it's a relatively safe and hygienic method of cutting tissue using highly concentrated electric currents.

The current passes through a loop of fine wire, which can be used to lop off warts and moles and such, or through a fine needle in order to make incisions.

The current is concentrated around the needle tip and dispersed through the body into a large, metalised plate stuck on the patients back with gel.

To cut deeper, the surgeon powers up the needle with a foot pedal or a switch on the tool.

The heat generated by the current simply causes water in the tissue to boil and part, resulting in a "steam envelope" which cuts cleanly and with barely any sense of pressure.

A different current can be used to coagulate the blood in small vessels, meaning surgery is virtually bloodless.

And when it comes to waving cutting instruments anywhere near a patient's penis, the less blood the better - not to mention burns.

Which is where the intrepid men from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in Taiwan come in.

Dr Vincent Tsai told news.com.au that it's not uncommon for patients to choose electrosurgery for penis operations such as circumcisions and the removal of hypospadias.

But to his knowledge, little research had been done into what extent it should be used on penises and just how much electricity a penis could take.

The only way to find out was to attach "surface electrodes the two ends of penis", he said.

Taking into account that not all penises were created equally, the team also noted that the "impedance of the shaft" can be depicted by "some measurement and calculation".

Voltage was applied. Anaesthetic was not.

Dr Tsai said the main concerns with penile electrosurgery was the potential to injure nerve and vessel tissue required for erectile function.

Field cases have found injuries can range from thrombosis to six days of paralysis to three weeks of disability and something called "nerve longitudinal split of axis cylinder".

Dr Tsai's research confirmed all of these and more.

His verdict?

"We would like to remind our colleagues that we should be careful when doing ES on patients' penis," he said.

"Potential and subclinical injury to erectile tissue caused by electrosurgery on the penis cannot be underestimated."

He suggested surgeons consider using less power and for shorter lengths of time. Or just switching to modern laser therapy.

And despite the alarming potential, Dr Tsai said no penises were harmed during the course of the experiment.

Give me strength....

[Nadeko_Sengoku]

Ouch! That experiment must've hurt a little.

[TinyRedLeaf]

Originally Posted by Harufox

Penis can only take so much electricity, surgeons warn

From oversized burgers that dislocate jaws, to monster mosquitoes capable of choking a grown woman and now this.

Methinks something curious is brewing in the state of Taiwan...

[FDW]

Originally Posted by Doraneko

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Oh, I've read that series, it's fucking awesome!!! (Even more so when you realize that it isn't in anyway serious.)

Originally Posted by Harufox

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Bizarre, if Interesting.

[Haruka_Kitten]

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

From oversized burgers that dislocate jaws, to monster mosquitoes capable of choking a grown woman and now this.

Methinks something curious is brewing in the state of Taiwan...

You may be right... Control of population plans maybe?

[MrTerrorist]

Why are some people offended by TV show Jersey Shore?

[ClockWorkAngel]

Originally Posted by Doraneko

Japan never ceases to amuse me...

One of their latest dakimakura releases is Yulia Tymoshenko, the prime minister of Ukraine from 2007 till March 2010, as well as a popular character in a mahjong manga. The listed price is 10000 yen.

I wonder when they will release the genderbending versions of Putin and Obama...

Do want. I except some other Koizumi related dakimakura.

Like Putin hahaha